* St John's Church in Abbey Road.
A NUMBER of Llangollen people have been invited to one of three open events at which they can learn more about the £50,000 project to facelift the town’s St John’s Church.
Those connected with clubs
or societies in the area and residents of Abbey Road, where St John’s is
located, can go along to the church on either Thursday April 9 at 7pm,
Wednesday April 15 at 7pm or Saturday April 18 at 1pm to be briefed by the
vicar, the Rev Andrew Sully.
He said: “We are holding
the sessions because the major funder for this £50,000 project, WREN , a
non-profit-making business that helps
benefit the lives of people who live close to landfill sites by awarding grants
for community projects, needs evidence
that other town groups would benefit from the proposed improvements and
potentially use our facilities themselves once the changes are made.
“These facilities are
basically a disabled toilet and improved kitchen area.
“At the moment St John’s
offers a flexible, carpeted space for meetings but without a toilet and
refreshment-making facilities we’re rather hamstrung.
“We have therefore found
the building a difficult venue to ‘market’ to potential user groups and its use
by non-church groups has been limited.
“Yet it does have real
potential and we know from the number of
people who approach us for meeting-space in St Collen’s Community Hall that
these improvements will make St John’s a place that might be in use a couple of
times in the week as well as on a Sunday.”
In his invitation to the
open events, Mr Sully says: “You might not have the time to come to one of
these open events. If this is the case but you’d like to support us
nonetheless, could I ask you to write me an email or note of recommendation to
our funders saying simply how your group might benefit from our venue and
facilities if they were improved, or else saying more generally that you
support our proposals and think they are a good idea and that we are moving in
the right direction.”
Wine and nibbles will also
be served at each open event.
* Mr Sully can be contacted
at: The Vicarage Abbey Road Llangollen
LL20 8SN, by phone on 01978 860231
and 07779 418036, or by email at:
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